The Late George Apley (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: John P. Marquand
- First Published: 1937
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature, Biographical fiction
- Subjects: Social action, Family or family life, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Marriage, New England, College life, Upper classes, Boston, Business or business people, Censorship, Wealth, Prohibition
- Locales: Boston, MA
Places Discussed
*Boston. Massachusetts city in which the Apley family has lived since the seventeenth century. The novel’s title character, George Apley, is born in his grandfather’s house on Beacon Hill in 1866 and dies in his own Beacon Street house in 1933. Except for a few trips to Europe and occasional sojourns to New York City, he rarely leaves New England during his nearly seventy years. His life is characterized by an adherence to a worldview espoused by his peers, the rarified few with Puritan forebears and inherited wealth, sometimes referred to as Boston...
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